Episode 39 In times like this, this is what you do.
When I returned from meeting Ilhwa Geomzon, I found Hyeolcheon Doma waiting at the corner of the road where I always waited.
“What did the fox say?”
He was nervous because of Ilhwa Geomzone.
“They told me to cut ties with the elderly.”
“also! What did I say? You said you would, right? “Can you tell me why?”
“They said that Hyeolcheondoma and I have different ideals. The old man is so free-spirited….”
“That’s terrible.”
Cold demonic energy swirled out of his body.
“So what are you going to do?”
“Of course I should join hands with the side that offers better conditions.”
“what?”
I intentionally provoked Hyeolcheon Doma.
“You have to do it when you can. “Wouldn’t an elderly person do it?”
Hyeolcheondoma could not get angry. Because he would have done the same.
“The elderly still have the upper hand. Are you sure you can offer something better than the Heavenly Goddess?”
“You can do it. “He is a person who will do anything to ruin me.”
“Why on earth have you fallen out with Ilhwageomzon?”
After a moment, Hyeolcheondoma spoke.
“Is there a reason to hate people?”
I know why.
These are two people who have reasons why no one in the world can trust them. If they are evil, they are evil, and their greed for power is second to none.
“Would you like a drink? “If you die like this, won’t you just feel complicated and bitter?”
“How do you see me?”
“Coolness? I don’t think that’s a virtue. When I’m upset, I get upset, and when I’m in a bad mood, I talk it out. Let’s go. “I’ll buy you a drink today.”
After thinking about it for a moment, Hyeolcheondoma leaped forward and said.
“I’ll wait at Magachon.”
He disappeared into the distance in an instant.
The old man has a bad temper.
But it’s definitely changed from when he first came to me and poked me in the side.
Hyeolcheon Doma was waiting for me in front of the Pungryu bar run by Cho Chun-bae.
“I thought you were going to Giru.”
“He doesn’t like places where women hang out.”
“That’s unexpected?”
“Unexpected? why? Do I look like I’m exposing a woman?”
“No, it’s not like that. “My dead brother liked Giru.”
“Make the taste of alcohol worse. “Stop talking about him.”
“yes.”
Actually, I brought it out on purpose. To prevent the hurt in his heart from festering inside him. Although it didn’t seem like it was really necessary for Blood Heavenly Chopping Demon.
I asked as I sat down at the pub.
“Why did you choose this tavern?”
“They opened a Hwangcheongak branch across the street.”
It looks like he saw it while passing by and stopped here.
“Be careful. “If you hit someone on the street for no reason, even the elderly person will be caught by me.”
Hyeolcheon Doma looked dumbfounded at my joke.
Jo Chun-bae welcomed us warmly.
“Welcome, Mr. Gakju.”
“Long time no see.”
“It’s an honor to have you visit us again.”
“I come because I like the taste of the drinks and snacks.”
As Jo Chun-bae, who took the order, disappeared toward the kitchen, Hyeolcheon Doma opened his mouth.
“You are unnecessarily kind.”
“Is there anything wrong with being kind?”
“If you are attracted to recognition, you will inevitably end up doing something wrong. Let’s take that owner as an example. I wonder if the food will turn out well when you are so kind. Or will it come out better if you say you’ll kill it if it doesn’t taste good? “In that respect, the Archduke has an advantage over you.”
“It is definitely easier for the heartless to live in this world.”
“It’s not too late.”
“Even so, I won’t get on that heartless carriage.”
“The reason is?”
“Because I believe that the dish being served right now will taste better if it is made with joy and whistling rather than in fear.”
“One day, the author will use your kindness to ask for and demand something bigger. If you don’t listen, I’ll criticize and curse you. “That’s what being human is.”
“One day, that person will give me something bigger in return for this small act of kindness I showed them. Maybe it will save my life. “That’s what being human is all about.”
“We’ll see.”
We drank together.
“Actually, I think you are a more emotional person than me.”
“How could you block my way with those eyes? Even if you look at the wrong person, you’ve been wrong for a long time.”
I think I saw it well. In this whole process of becoming entangled with me, he was emotionally drained. Even at this moment, he is having a conversation that has never happened in his life.
“Speaking of which, let me just say one thing: From now on, I think you will have to take care of the demons and your disciples. Otherwise, we will continue to collide with the Nether Pavilion.”
Hyeolcheondoma suddenly raised his head and looked at me coldly.
“You’re getting more and more proud.”
“It’s the elderly who are proud.”
“what?”
“Aren’t you looking down on our school and your father? Because it’s me, I’m a chopping board. What does it matter what my students are like? Isn’t it?”
Boom!
The table was broken and the bowl containing the liquor bottle and snacks fell and broke.
“You are so cocky. “Sometimes I really want to beat him to death.”
Hyeolcheondoma, who was glaring at me, shouted at Cho Chun-bae.
“Why are you standing there looking at me like that? “Bring the table here and bring us new drinks and snacks!”
“In times like this, you don’t do that, you do this.”
I got up from my seat and moved to the seat next to me.
And he put money on the table.
“I’m sorry. “This money will be enough to cover the broken items and the sales lost today.”
Jo Chun-bae waved his hand saying he would not accept the money.
“it’s okay. “It’s really okay.”
“I’m not okay. Please take it and come back here to the drinking table. Break your upper leg.”
“yes!”
Jo Chun-bae took the money and quickly ran to the kitchen.
Hyeolcheon Doma was very impressed.
“Are you asking me to do something like that?”
“If you don’t want to do it, you can’t hit it.”
“Are you trying to teach good deeds to Mazon now?”
“The magic that I am trying to establish does not break guests’ cups just because they are in a bad mood.”
“What about you!”
“Stop yelling and come sit down.”
In the end, Hyeolcheon Doma sat down at the table I moved to.
“bouncer. “You must be so crazy!”
He glared at me and said coldly.
“If you betray me, I will kill you.”
Cho Chun-bae, who was bringing in new drinks, was startled, but then pretended not to hear, put down the drinks and glasses, and returned to the kitchen.
I poured a new glass full of alcohol and gave it to Hyeolcheondoma.
“Are you serious about what you said a moment ago?”
“Yes, I’m serious.”
“Then be sincerely loyal to me. That threat from earlier is a threat that can be made at such times. “He was truly loyal, but when he betrays and abandons him, that’s when he can drive the sword into his master’s heart.”
Hyeolcheon Doma could not refute.
I filled my glass with alcohol and held it out for a toast.
Hyeolcheondoma snorted and drank alone. Even though I didn’t clink the glasses, I could hear the sound of glasses clinking in my heart.
* * *
A person entered Ilhwageomjon’s pillory.
He was Saujong, her right hand man.
“Gongja Lee is currently meeting Hyeolcheon Doma and drinking.”
Ilhwa Geomzon, who was standing with his back turned, said nothing.
“He’s a cocky guy.”
Then, Ilhwa Geomzon finally turned and glared coldly at Saujong. Saujong lowered his head.
“sorry.”
“Be careful what you say. “There is nothing more vulgar than talking carelessly behind someone’s back.”
“I will keep that in mind in the future.”
Saujong knew that Geomjon would be angry, but he deliberately criticized Geomjugeuk. Because he believed that he could represent the emotions that she could not express on the outside.
Saujong believed that he was a special being to Geomjon. She treated the gatekeeper with respect, but she was comfortable treating herself poorly. He was special.
“He’s not the scientist I knew.”
In just a few months after the dance competition, the storm caused by the sword dance was growing bigger and bigger.
“At any rate, it’s a typhoon in a teacup.”
Although Saujong underestimated Geommugeuk, Ilhwa Geomjon thought differently.
“What if that teacup is big enough to hold the whole martial arts world? That greedy old man offered up an extravagant shrine. It’s like giving your all. Thomas must have seen the potential of Lee Gongja to become his successor.”
“Did you also see potential in Gongja Lee?”
The sword dance performance was definitely unexpected. However, it was not enough to give the same elixir as that of the Heavenly God.
So I’m annoyed. I wonder if Hyeolcheondoma saw something that he himself did not see. Can’t you see what that damn old man saw? She was proud and irritated.
“Just take a break for today. “I have prepared a new person.”
Ilhwageomjon looked at Saujong coldly and tried to say something. But the lips that were trying to move did not spit out words.
She turned around and entered the prison.
Saujong’s expression as he watched her back was extremely complex, but his eyes were just as hot.
When she entered the prison and operated a secret device, the floor opened and a secret passage appeared.
She went down the aisle. The further down she went, the darker it became, but she was used to it, having gone down there once or twice.
There was a long hallway in the basement. She walked over, opened the door at the end of the hallway, and entered.
Inside was a richly decorated bedroom.
A young man sat on a large bed and suddenly got up.
Ilhwa Geomzon walked slowly and sat down at the dressing table with a large admiration attached to it. The young man’s eyes reflected in the mirror were full of fear.
Ilhwa Geomzon spoke softly to the young man in the mirror.
“It’s okay. Take off your clothes first.”
* * *
After drinking with Hyeolcheon Doma, I stopped by Ian’s training center on my way back.
I could tell just how hard she was training just by the warm energy I felt inside.
She walked around the training ground sweating profusely with her heavy body. It was hard training that pushed the limits, but not a single movement was in vain.
As I watched that, I felt that it was time to teach a new martial art.
“ah! Are you here? young master?”
“It looks like you’ve been practicing hard these days.”
“How did you know?”
“I feel like I’ve lost some weight.”
“really?”
Even though he knew it wasn’t true, Ian smiled brightly. Perhaps because we were talking about Sal, she asked a question she had been saving.
“young master. Is what you said before true? “My side effects can be cured.”
How much did you think about Ian’s personality before asking this question? She must have been thinking and thinking about how she would react if I answered, ‘I was joking.’
Even if the person who taught me the whole body petrifying technique told me that the side effects could never be eliminated, I still couldn’t help but ask this question.
“Can you really fix it?”
It was my first time seeing her this nervous.
“I can fix it.”
“really?”
Now it’s time to tell her the truth.
“I know a procedure that can eliminate the side effects of full body petrification.”
This was a method I found by wandering around the entire central plain in the process of searching for Dafa materials. With the intention that if she returns, she will definitely return to her original body. When I thought about it, I realized that my past life was not just a desolate path for revenge.
“What kind of procedure is that?”
“It is a great method called body purification.”
“…Sin poison purification art?”
She repeated the words several times and then asked again.
“How did you learn this?”
“That’s a secret. know? “There are many secrets to keep when it comes to martial arts.”
“yes. I know. i know.”
Her voice was shaking throughout the conversation.
“Maybe we can do the procedure now.”
“there is.”
“But why don’t you do it?”
“It’s a very dangerous and difficult procedure. Also, I don’t know what variables will occur during the procedure. So, I will have the procedure done when my martial arts skills are much better than they are now.”
“ah! “There really was a cure!”
Her face was filled with joy.
“You have to risk your life. Because I don’t know what might happen during the procedure. “Can you still do it?”
“yes!”
There was no hesitation in her answer.
“This is disappointing.”
“yes? “Did I make some mistake?”
“I knew you would say this. “If I die, I won’t be able to protect you, so I won’t undergo the procedure.”
It was my joke to prevent that possibility.
“You want me to live my life? Wasn’t it?”
Then she smiled brightly as if it was a joke.
I know now. That appearance from a moment ago was her original appearance.
I want to find her original heart, which was sleeping under the pressure of loyalty and responsibility, that natural feeling that any human being has.
“Ian.”
“Yes, master.”
“Is there a place you want to go to in Jungwon?”
“No, there is none.”
All my life, I was only looking at myself, so no matter where I went, I couldn’t have seen anything properly.
“Let’s go on a cruise in Jungwon with me later.”
“really?”
“okay. Let’s go to all the famous places and see all the spectacular views. I’ll let you taste all the famous dishes. “I know a lot of places.”
“Did you promise?”
“You promise too.”
“What?”
“You can’t abandon me then.”
“You mean I abandoned you, Master? Even if heaven and earth were to change, something like that wouldn’t happen.”
Why would you say that even if you became the best beauty in the world and all the men in the world admired you?
“We’ll see.”